[f. BOOK sb. + -ERY.]
† 1. Study of books. Obs.
1599. Bp. Hall, Sat., II. ii. 28. Let them alone for me Busie their braines with deeper bookerie.
2. A collection of books, a library.
1812. Mad. D’Arblay, Diary, VI. 346. The abbé … has a bookery in such elegant order that people beg to go and see it.
1870. Pall Mall Gaz., 4 Oct., 5. If these bookeries were not saved in time … the town authorities have reason to be ashamed.
